jax | loner

[Jax]

J A X

Age : 2 season/year + 6 moons/months (roughly)
Name : Jax
Breed : Maine Coon
Gender : Male
Status : Loner
    ^{Formerly : Kittypet + Rouge}
Nicknames : Drifter
Sexual Orientation : Bisexual^{male preference}

Build : Sturdy
Other : Cream-White underbelly (laced with black and brown flecks) + Long scar on right shoulder
Markings : Dark Brown and Black tabby stripes
Base Coat : Musky Brown
Eye Color : Dark Green
Fur Length : Long

Personality

Jax is a quiet tom, to the point where he could be mistaken for a mute. He prefers to speak with actions rather than words, communicating with nods and gestures instead of verbally, and when he does talk it's usually in short to-the-point sentences.

Outwardly he probably seems intimidating, though his kind nature becomes more evident the longer your around him. He's the type of person that doesn't like to see anyone sad or unhappy, and is willing to be a shoulder to cry on. He isn't very fond of being left alone, but is often too shy to approach anyone. His shyness also halters his curiosity, which if unanswered leaves him lost in thought.
Yet, the despite however kind he is to others he always seems to find fault in himself. He doesn't like to look to the future because he only expects grief to be dealt to him. Jax, being the eldest of his siblings, has always thought that he has to stay strong for them (and due to the nature of his relatives this is pretty much on point), but this has led to him repressing his emotions; so even if he feels something strongly it's very likely there won't be much visual reaction, and instead it'll slowly eat at him inwardly.

(Silent - Gentle - Devoted - Humble - Timid - Curious - Brave - Detached - Repressive)

Fears : Fire + Foxes + Heights
Likes : Warm Days + Cuddles + Stories + Fish
Desires : Stability
Dislikes : Cold Weather + Bramble Bushes + Squirrels

Aunt :
Skittles (tortoiseshell she-cat with a white chest and green eyes), Status Unknown^Kittypet (NPC)
Uncle : 
Regal (long-furred pale ginger tabby tom with blue eyes), Status Unknown^Rouge (NPC)
Mother :
Rose (long-furred ginger tabby she-cat with a creamy-white underbelly and green eyes), Deceased^Fever (NPC)
Father :
Name Unknown, Status Unknown
Sister :
Rowan (long-furred dark ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes), Status Unknown^Rouge (NPC)
Nieces : 
Fern (long-furred dark brown tabby she-cat with pale green eyes), Whiskey x Mouse,  Deceased^Dogs (NPC)
Cloudy (white she-cat with blind blue eyes), Whiskey x Mouse, Deceased^Dogs (NPC)
Nephews :
Alfie _{(russet tabby tom with amber eyes)}, Whiskey x Mocha, xxx, Kittypet
Lukas _{(mottled golden tom with blue eyes)}, Whiskey x Mocha, Status Unknown^Kittypet (NPC)
Brothers :
Brandy (mottled golden tom with amber eyes), Deceased^Infection (NPC)
Whiskey|Berry (black-and-white tom with amber eyes), xxx, Kittypet
Sister-in-Law :
Mouse (small dark brown tabby she-cat with grey eyes), Deceased^Dogs
Mocha _{(brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes)}, Status Unknown^Kittypet (NPC)
Unofficial Step-Mother :
Fae (black she-cat with green eyes), Deceased^Starvation (NPC)
Unofficial Step-Brother :
Pikepaw|Sky (dark blue-gray tom with light blue eyes and faint tabby points), xxx, IceClan^Apprentice

Mate :
nope
Unsure :
You
Crushes :
maybe one day
Friends :
⁽⁾Pikepaw|Sky (dark gray-blue tom with light blue eyes and faint tabby points), xxx, IceClan^Apprentice

Breeze (golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes), xxx, Loner
Enemies : 
oh, no. most certainly not.
Close Friends :
haha.no.
Acquaintances : 
...

History

Kittypet : Jax was born to a kittypet named Rose, along with his three siblings: Rowan, Brandy, and Berry. His first few weeks of life were spent in the basement of a two-leg's house, and he and his family were relatively left alone (with the house's owners occasionally leaving food out for them). When he was reaching his first moon his aunt and uncle (Skittles and Regal) came by the basement (which was accessible through a cracked window). They told Rose about how they had been living the past season as Rouges, and that she should join them. Rose spent a few days pondering the idea, but when Brandy injured his paw on a rusty piece of metal that was lying around in the basement, she gave in and took her four kits to live as Rouges.

Rouge: The first two moons were hard, and mainly filled with traveling. Brandy's cut never fully healed and became infected, he had to be carried the majority of the way. Eventually the group settled in a small glade. Brandy never survived the trip, and was buried under a large stone near where they had set up camp. Now nervous about staying, and overwhelmed by grief, Rose talked about leaving and returning to her housework. Skittles and Regal tried to convince her to stay, but her grief was only used when a passerby she-cat came by to live with them. Rose quickly became attached to both the she-cat, named Fae, and her son, Sky. She babied both of them, since the two were relatively helpless in the outside world, having just left their kittypet home. At this point, Jax and his siblings were around 4 moons old, and all three took a particular interest in Sky, treating him like a younger brother. One day Skittles announced that she was expecting kits, and didn't think she would be able to birth them alone in the wild, so she was going to find a two-leg household to take her in. Regal left to escort her with Rose's encouragement. The moons that Regal was gone were tough-- Rose (who had unofficially become mates with Fae) attempted to teach Jax and his siblings (who were about 6 moons now) how to hunt, since Fae didn't know how. Hunting was mostly unsuccessful, and the group went hungry plenty of nights. Things got a little better once Regal returned, but he revealed that he wasn't going to stick around long, saying that he had really enjoyed his brief time as a loner. Rose became even more distressed at the thought of being alone, and her relationship with Fae began straining. After Regal left to live as a loner Rose broke it off with Fae, saying that she should return to her two-legs, where it was safer. Jax, Berry, and Rowan bid their farewells to Sky, who was probably too young to remember them, and left with Rose to find a better place to live.

Jax and his siblings were around 7 moons now, and were hunting for both their themselves and Rose, who had started to come down with a sickness. Jax had basically become the leader of the small group, seeing as he was the oldest-- excluding Rose. The three siblings spent another two moons caring for their sick mother before she passed away. After the burial Berry announced that he was going to find Skittles, or maybe his own two-legs, since he felt a kittypet life would suit him better. Both Jax and Rowan refused to go with him, and decided that they would find and inform Regal and Fae of what had happened to Rose.

Jax and Rowan spent weeks retracing their steps back to the glade they had grown up in, taking time to pay their respects to Brandy before continuing on with their search for Regal and Fae. They tended to keep to themselves, every once-in-awhile asking a Rouge if they had seen either of the cats they were looking for. Moons passed, and the only lead they had was on Regal. Eventually they found him drifting through a village, and informed him of what had happened to Rose. The two siblings stayed with their grieving uncle for a few days. When Jax told Rowan that it was time they leave and look for Fae she admitted that she thought it was useless to look for her, and that she was going to stay behind with Regal. The two tried to convince Jax to stay with them, but he was adamant about finding Fae, and left the two.

Loner: Now on his own for the first time, Jax traveled back to the glade where he had grown up. He didn't mind traveling on his own, but still missed the company of others. After spending some time dwelling on his memories Jax left the glade and continued his search. It had been a long time since he had seen Fae, though, and since her scent was long gone the only way Jax could find her was through information from other cats. One day he heard of a she-cat, whose description fit Fae's, who had left her kit on a "clan" border when she could no longer fend for him. Gaining interest in the story, Jax followed its source to an old tom who said he had harbored the she-cat for a few days. The old tom said that she had died moons ago of starvation, but that she had given her son up to IceClan-- one of the four nearby clans. Now interested in clan life, and having no clue where his remaining family resided, Jax sets out to learn more about the clans.
Jax decided it might be good to search for information about the clans from the nearby two-leg area, rather than jump into uncharted territory. Surprisingly enough, he ran into Berry, now known as Whiskey, who's living with a "bartender" two-leg. They spent time catching up on things, but the visit was cut short when Whiskey had to return home with his two-leg. They promised each other to meet up again as soon as they could (Jax also questioned about clan-life, which Whiskey promised to ask his friends about since he knew very little). Not long after his meeting with Whiskey, Jax met a she-cat named Breeze. He led her from the junkyard to her old home, which had been burned down in a fire. She had lost her mother in the incident, and was also looking for information on the clans. Hoping that Whiskey had found some information on the clans, Jax invited Breeze to meet him the next day.

Informalities

Jax Trivia :
- Both Jax and his brother, Brandy, were named by their two-leg owners
- The scar on his right shoulder was inflicted while he was fighting an old fox during his search for Regal (the scar is practically invisible under his thick pelt)

Notes :
- I'm planning on eventually having Jax join a clan (IceClan? maybe?), after he's had some more experience as a loner, so I'm trying to stay away from having super close friendships with other rouges/loners.
- I'm a newbie here. So if I do something DRAGONSish that's probably why.
- I probably went a little overboard on the NPC's... but... I just have such a good time making backstories that I couldn't stop myself.
- While forming friendship's with Jax is relatively easy, getting really close to him is hard. It's highly unlikely that you'll become his BFF in a matter of seconds.
- my OOC Name is Joey (as in male human Joey, not baby kangaroo Joey, just to clarify)
- Jax's Theme : Quiet by Lights | Moonsetter

Current Threads :
brotastic (xxx), Private, with Whiskey

lifting our spirits (xxx), Private, with Whiskey + Breeze

Past Threads :
dozing (xxx), Closed, with Breeze

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[Jax]

*Updated 30 May 2015*